Patents by Inventor Shaumir Shah
Shaumir Shah has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10171679Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing online charging for text messages. One embodiment comprises a system that handles a Mobile Originated (MO) text message. The system receives a send request for the MO text message, and generates an online credit request for the MO text message. The system determines a type of originating network for the MO text message, and inserts an indicator of the originating network type in the online credit request. The system may also determine a type of terminating network for the MO text message, and insert an indicator of the terminating network type in the online credit request. The system then transmits the online credit request to an online charging system to charge for the MO text message.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah, Sanjeev Singh
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Patent number: 9161187Abstract: Systems and methods for providing caller ID information for text messaging. In one embodiment, a message center receives a text message from a sender, and identifies a name of the sender. The message center then inserts the sender name in the text message, and transmits the text message towards a recipient.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah
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Publication number: 20150161400Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling how text messages are archived. A system identifies a text message for delivery over a mobile network, and identifies protection information for controlling archiving of the text message. The system inserts the protection information in the text message, and transmits the text message with the protection information towards a destination. The same or another system, such as a message center, receives the text message, and identifies the protection information inserted in the text message. The receiving system further identifies an end user associated with the text message, and identifies privacy policies provisioned for the end user. The receiving system then processes the privacy policies and the protection information to determine if the text message is authorized to be archived, such as in an archive server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah
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Patent number: 9014730Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the availability or reachability of mobile devices to receive text messages. One embodiment comprises a message entity of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The message entity attempts delivery of a text message to a mobile device, and determines that the delivery attempt failed due to the mobile device being temporarily unavailable. The message entity transmits a request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of the LTE network to be notified when the mobile device becomes available. The message entity receives a notification from the MME that the mobile device is available, and retries delivery of the text message to the mobile device responsive to the notification from the MME that the mobile device is available.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah, Gyan Shanker
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Patent number: 8990322Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling how text messages are archived. A system identifies a text message for delivery over a mobile network, and identifies protection information for controlling archiving of the text message. The system inserts the protection information in the text message, and transmits the text message with the protection information towards a destination. The same or another system, such as a message center, receives the text message, and identifies the protection information inserted in the text message. The receiving system further identifies an end user associated with the text message, and identifies privacy policies provisioned for the end user. The receiving system then processes the privacy policies and the protection information to determine if the text message is authorized to be archived, such as in an archive server.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah
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Publication number: 20140349606Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing online charging for text messages. One embodiment comprises a system that handles a Mobile Originated (MO) text message. The system receives a send request for the MO text message, and generates an online credit request for the MO text message. The system determines a type of originating network for the MO text message, and inserts an indicator of the originating network type in the online credit request. The system may also determine a type of terminating network for the MO text message, and insert an indicator of the terminating network type in the online credit request. The system then transmits the online credit request to an online charging system to charge for the MO text message.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah, Sanjeev Singh
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Patent number: 8825536Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing online charging for text messages. One embodiment comprises a system that handles a Mobile Originated (MO) text message. The system receives a send request for the MO text message, and generates an online credit request for the MO text message. The system determines a type of originating network for the MO text message, and inserts an indicator of the originating network type in the online credit request. The system may also determine a type of terminating network for the MO text message, and insert an indicator of the terminating network type in the online credit request. The system then transmits the online credit request to an online charging system to charge for the MO text message.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah, Sanjeev Singh
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Publication number: 20140004890Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the availability or reachability of mobile devices to receive text messages. One embodiment comprises a message entity of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The message entity attempts delivery of a text message to a mobile device, and determines that the delivery attempt failed due to the mobile device being temporarily unavailable. The message entity transmits a request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of the LTE network to be notified when the mobile device becomes available. The message entity receives a notification from the MME that the mobile device is available, and retries delivery of the text message to the mobile device responsive to the notification from the MME that the mobile device is available.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah, Gyan Shanker
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Publication number: 20130310013Abstract: Systems and methods for providing caller ID information for text messaging. In one embodiment, a message center receives a text message from a sender, and identifies a name of the sender. The message center then inserts the sender name in the text message, and transmits the text message towards a recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah
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Patent number: 8447280Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interworking WAP text messages between 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. One embodiment comprises a system that receives a WAP text message from a sending entity that supports 3GPP standards, where the WAP text message is in a 3GPP format. The system determines that a receiving entity for the WAP text message supports 3GPP2 standards, and converts the WAP text message from the 3GPP format to a 3GPP2 format. The system then transmits the WAP text message in the 3GPP2 format to the receiving entity.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Yigang Cai, Gopa Ganguly, Sanjeev Singh, Shaumir Shah
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Publication number: 20130080540Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling how text messages are archived. A system identifies a text message for delivery over a mobile network, and identifies protection information for controlling archiving of the text message. The system inserts the protection information in the text message, and transmits the text message with the protection information towards a destination. The same or another system, such as a message center, receives the text message, and identifies the protection information inserted in the text message. The receiving system further identifies an end user associated with the text message, and identifies privacy policies provisioned for the end user. The receiving system then processes the privacy policies and the protection information to determine if the text message is authorized to be archived, such as in an archive server.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah
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Publication number: 20130023253Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interworking WAP text messages between 3GPP and 3GPP2 networks. One embodiment comprises a system that receives a WAP text message from a sending entity that supports 3GPP standards, where the WAP text message is in a 3GPP format. The system determines that a receiving entity for the WAP text message supports 3GPP2 standards, and converts the WAP text message from the 3GPP format to a 3GPP2 format. The system then transmits the WAP text message in the 3GPP2 format to the receiving entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Yigang Cai, Gopa Ganguly, Sanjeev Singh, Shaumir Shah
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Publication number: 20130024332Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing online charging for text messages. One embodiment comprises a system that handles a Mobile Originated (MO) text message. The system receives a send request for the MO text message, and generates an online credit request for the MO text message. The system determines a type of originating network for the MO text message, and inserts an indicator of the originating network type in the online credit request. The system may also determine a type of terminating network for the MO text message, and insert an indicator of the terminating network type in the online credit request. The system then transmits the online credit request to an online charging system to charge for the MO text message.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Yigang Cai, Shaumir Shah, Sanjeev Singh
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Publication number: 20100323666Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering text messages using both First Delivery Attempt (FDA) processing and store-and-forward processing. A message system in one embodiment includes a message processor that receives a text message intended for a destination, and determines whether a prior text message is pending in a store-and-forward system for the destination. If a prior text message is not pending, then the message processor forwards the received text message to a FDA system for FDA processing. If a prior text message is pending, then the message processor forwards the received text message to the store-and-forward system for store-and-forward processing. The store-and-forward system will deliver the prior text message to the destination before the received text message so that the text messages are delivered in the proper sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Yigang Cai, Alan Curtis, Shaumir Shah, Gyan Shanker